diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityPublishedTrait.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityPublishedTrait.php
index 7f805b6..8871dba 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityPublishedTrait.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityPublishedTrait.php
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 trait EntityPublishedTrait {
 
   public static function publishedBaseFieldDefinitions(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
-    return ['status' => BaseFieldDefinition::create('boolean')
+    $key = $entity_type->hasKey('status') ? $entity_type->getKey('status') : 'status';
+    return [$key => BaseFieldDefinition::create('boolean')
       ->setLabel(new TranslatableMarkup('Publishing status'))
       ->setDescription(t('A boolean indicating the published state.'))
       ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
@@ -20,14 +21,21 @@ public static function publishedBaseFieldDefinitions(EntityTypeInterface $entity
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function isPublished() {
-    return (bool) $this->get('status')->value;
+    return $this->getEntityType()->hasKey('status') ?
+      (bool) $this->getEntityKey('status') :
+      (bool) $this->get('status')->value;
   }
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function setPublished($published) {
-    $this->set('status', $published ? NODE_PUBLISHED : NODE_NOT_PUBLISHED);
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityTypeInterface $entity_type */
+    $entity_type = $this->getEntityType();
+    $key = $entity_type->hasKey('status') ? $entity_type->getKey('status') : 'status';
+    // @todo: Replace values with constants from EntityPublishedInterface or
+    // similar when introduced. https://www.drupal.org/node/2811667
+    $this->set($key, $published ? 1 : 0);
     return $this;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Entity/Node.php b/core/modules/node/src/Entity/Node.php
index f5470ef..d4e4715 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/Entity/Node.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Entity/Node.php
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
  *     "label" = "title",
  *     "langcode" = "langcode",
  *     "uuid" = "uuid",
- *     "uid" = "uid"
+ *     "status" = "status",
+ *     "uid" = "uid",
  *   },
  *   bundle_entity_type = "node_type",
  *   field_ui_base_route = "entity.node_type.edit_form",
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/Tests/UpdateTest.php b/core/modules/rest/src/Tests/UpdateTest.php
index 4fb84b0..287c2df 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/src/Tests/UpdateTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/Tests/UpdateTest.php
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ public function testUpdateComment() {
     $this->pass('Test case 1: PATCH comment using JSON.');
     $comment->setSubject('Initial subject')->save();
     $read_only_fields = [
+      'status',
       'pid', // Extra compared to HAL+JSON.
       'entity_id',
       'uid',